Jared Diamond
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of Time magazine's best non-fiction books of all time, Collapse, a No. 1 international bestseller, and The World Until Yesterday, among other books. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of Time magazine's best non-fiction books of all time, Collapse, a No. 1 international bestseller, and The World Until Yesterday, among other books. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others. See less
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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis
Excellent Read
by Dennis P, Dec 26, 2019
Revealing in-depth look at several countries I was happy to learn about. Interesting
discussion of advantages and challenges for USA these days. Good chapter on world challenges. Read More
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
Another gem from Diamond
by 1943dot, Oct 2, 2015
My husband, a professor at St. John's Univ., finds this text invaluable in its content and its presentation of material. He is cherishing Jared Diamond's book; and when he is done with it, I intend ... Read More
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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
Excellent Analysis
An insightful, well-written, and logical explanation of the reasons for the global political, economic, and ethnic order that exists today. It is easy to understand how a people that settled in the ... Read More